When children play in the schoolyard they often imagine themselves down by four, scrambling around the pocket and firing a winning touchdown pass as time is about to expire.

Well the Minnesota Vikings could not have dreamed up the scenario any better on Sunday afternoon when Brett Favre zipped a 32-yard pass to Greg Lewis in the back of the end zone in the final seconds to steel a victory from the San Francisco 49ers.

The final play started with just 12 seconds on the clock, and Favre moved forward in the pocket and slid to the right to buy just enough time for his receivers to get down field. Instead of throwing a ball up for grabs, he figured he could get close enough to the line of scrimmage to fire a line drive that would be tougher to defend.

It's plays like this that explain why the Vikings wanted Favre so much this off-season.

"The offensive line was fired up. Adrian was fired up, and the receivers were fired up. And Brett fell right in. He was fired up, too, like: 'We're going to get this done,'" Lewis said. "And that's the attitude that we took out there on the field."

Favre finished 24 for 47 for 301 yards and two touchdowns, the most passes he's thrown in a game since Nov. 11, 2007, when he beat the Vikings while with Green Bay by going 33 for 46 for 351 yards and three touchdowns.

Now at 3-0, Favre and the Vikings are set up for another story-book type match-up as the Green Bay Packers are next on the schedule. The week leading up to this game is going to be a circus.